MARGAO
A High Court bench comprising Justice Nutan Sardesai and Justice F M Reis has directed the state government to pay the salary of the petitioners for two months as an interim order within four weeks.
While issuing the directions, the court has placed the matter for final hearing on board in the month of September 2017.
Upon hearing the counsels of the beleaguered employees and the state government, the court observed that it is not disputed that earlier amounts were being paid by way of grant by the state government to the office of the Administrator of the Communidade.
The employees had approached the court as the salary was withheld by the authority concerned. The counsel for the employees, Pangam has brought to the notice of the court that the appointing authority is the collector in terms of the rules framed pursuant to Section 3 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Comunidade Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1981.
He further brought to the notice of the court that different provisions to point out that the appointments are done at the instance of the government. But this was disputed by the government advocate.
